Sergei Haidai, governor of what is left of the Ukrainian-controlled Luhansk region, told The Telegraph that aid convoys were fired upon by Russians and three people were killed when a bomb hit a school.
“We only have all the humanitarian aid we need if we can deliver it,” he said.
Meanwhile, a hardcore group of soldiers at the Mariupol steel plant refused to surrender to Russian forces despite an order from their government to give up fighting.
More than 1,700 of the city’s last defenders have surrendered to the Russians, British sources said. Russia’s Defense Ministry says the last troops hidden in the Azovstal plant have surrendered.
Russia has said it will build new military bases and deploy a dozen new troops on its western flank to counter NATO’s expansion into Sweden and Finland.
NATO’s Scandinavian enlargement is being delayed by Turkey, but the Telegraph may reveal that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak with officials in London and Helsinki and the NATO chief on Saturday in a diplomatic effort to win concessions before considering withdrawing. your veto.
Erdogan is urging Sweden and Finland to stop supporting Kurdish groups, which Turkey sees as terrorists.
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